The language of space /
Lawson, Bryan.
The language of space / Bryan Lawson. - Oxford : Architectural Press, c2001. - vii, 263 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.
Space as language -- Space and the human dimension -- Mechanisms of perceiving space -- Ways of perceiving space -- Space and distance -- Proxemics -- The territory -- Space and time -- Recording space.
"Values of 'space' are challenged and informed to stimulate a new theoretical and practical approach to design where architectural and urban spaces are treated as psychological, social and cultural phenomena; spaces which accommodate, separate, structure, facilitate, heighten and even celebrate human spatial behaviour." "This book will prove fascinating and informative to design students and professionals interested in discovering new approaches to their work."--Jacket.
9780750652469 0750652462
2001046440
NA2765
Spatial behavior.
Space perception.
Space and time.
Comportement spatial.
Perception spatiale.
Espace (Philosophie)
153.7/52
The language of space / Bryan Lawson. - Oxford : Architectural Press, c2001. - vii, 263 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.
Space as language -- Space and the human dimension -- Mechanisms of perceiving space -- Ways of perceiving space -- Space and distance -- Proxemics -- The territory -- Space and time -- Recording space.
"Values of 'space' are challenged and informed to stimulate a new theoretical and practical approach to design where architectural and urban spaces are treated as psychological, social and cultural phenomena; spaces which accommodate, separate, structure, facilitate, heighten and even celebrate human spatial behaviour." "This book will prove fascinating and informative to design students and professionals interested in discovering new approaches to their work."--Jacket.
9780750652469 0750652462
2001046440
NA2765
Spatial behavior.
Space perception.
Space and time.
Comportement spatial.
Perception spatiale.
Espace (Philosophie)
153.7/52